Yesterday was tops.
My medication took effect and I had a mountain ride planned with a couple of friends.
We cycled around 20km to the bottom of the mountain from where it was only 10km to the top but the top was 800m higher than the start which made for a tough climb. We made it in just under 40 minutes.
Once we reached the top we had lunch with my friend's wife (it was her 30th birthday) who had a friend with a restaurant up there. A few beers and a little tipsier we set off for some caves to go spelunking.
At the caves we walked a km dodging bats and overhangs and made it to a waterway where we took a raft down the river in the cave. On the way out we opted for a motorised boat which my friends we stupid enough to let me pilot.
A few crashes and a lot of water-logging later we emerged and got back on our bikes to head home as the sun was setting. It started to get cold and I was only dressed in shorts and a shirt so had to up the pace to keep warm and left my chums behind.
At the start of the mountain decent it was now pitch black so we turned on our lights and headed down the mountain at silly speeds. Several times I ended up drifting around the corners as the road surface had rippled from the traffic over the years. That was pretty scary.
We arrived back in the city in the evening and had a slap-up meal at a local restaurant, food included prawn crackers, fried pork, rice dishes, green beans and some other veggies, and of course some more beers.
I borrowed a jacket from my friend and had a slow ride home reflecting on the day. All in all we'd covered 72km in just over 2 and half hours (by my computer; the others were a lot slower) and had a great day out.